Title:	First report of Elaphria agrotina and Elaphria deltoides (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Elaphriini) feeding on maize.
Authors:	SPECHT, A. SORIA, M. P. MABA, T. S. M. BELUFI, L. M. de R. GODOI, B. W. PEREIRA, M. J. B. MORAES, S. V. de P.
Affiliation:	ALEXANDRE SPECHT, CPAC; MIGUEL FERREIRA SORIA, INSTITUTO MATO-GROSSENSE DO ALGODÃO; TALITA SAIARA MAFINI MABA, FUNDAÇÃO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO TECNOLÓGICO RIO VERDE; LUANA MARIA DE ROSSI BELUFI, FUNDAÇÃO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO TECNOLÓGICO RIO VERDE; BÁRBARA WESCHENFELDER GODOI, UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO; MÔNICA JOSENE BARBOSA PEREIRA, UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO; SILVANA VIEIRA DE PAULA MORAES, CPAC.
Date Issued:	2014
Citation:	Journal of Economic Entomology, v. 107, n. 4, p. 1459-1461, 2014.
Pages:	p. 1459-1461
Description:	This is the first report of Elaphria agrotina (Guenée, 1852) and Elaphria deltoides (Möschler, 1880) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) feeding on maize (Zea mays L.). The specimens were collected in maize fields during the crop season of 2012 and 2013 in tree municipalities in Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Larvae were collected while feeding at the ear base, which often resulted in ears dropping to the ground. Larvae also were observed feeding on kernels in fallen ears. Ear injury often leads to reduced grain quality, and when the ears fall to the ground, reduced yield. A previous report of Striacosta albicosta (Smith, 1888) feeding on maize in Brazil was probably a misidentiÞcation of an E. agrotina male, which has wing pattern and coloration similarities with S. albicosta.
Thesagro:	Lepidoptero Inseto Lagarta Praga de Planta
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CPAC)